Audiobooks allow students to listen to books being read out loud, and are available in a variety of formats, such as audiocassettes, CDs, and MP3 downloads. Special playback units are on the market which allow users to and search and bookmark pages and chapters.
Who May Benefit From This Assistive Technology?: This type of tool may help people who struggle with reading. Requires hearing ability to use, as well as intact memory/cognitive processing functions to understand auditory information.
Who May Benefit From This Assistive Technology?: This type of tool may help people who struggle with reading. Requires hearing ability to use, as well as intact memory/cognitive processing functions to understand auditory information.
- Products and services to consider:
- Audible.com --> www.audible.com/
- Bookshare --> www.bookshare.org/cms/
- Kurzweil 3000™ --> www.kurzweil3000.com/KLogin.php
- PlayAway --> playaway.com/audiobooks/
- Learning Ally --> learningally.org/#close
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (certification of disability is required) --> www.loc.gov/nls/